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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

THIS #InternationalLesbianDay, we proudly celebrate Rosemary Hill, Open Table Network trustee and leader of our Cardiff community, blazing a trail in faith, leadership & authenticity 🌈💪💜 Watch her story here: youtu.be/-QeUX9ffBIg [1.5mins]

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

On #InternationalLesbianDay, we celebrate Sue Say, trustee of the Open Table Network. From decades of activism to finding a place to truly belong and #ComeAsYouAre, Sue shares her journey of faith, inclusion & community 🌈💜 👉🏾 WATCH: youtu.be/iGl7liS17xs [2mins]

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

THIS #InternationalLesbianDay we proudly celebrate Cherry Vann, Open Table Network patron and now Archbishop of Wales, the first female Archbishop in the UK! 🌈💜 A historic moment and an inspiring example of LGBTQ+ leadership in the church. READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725

Most Revd Cherry Vann, Archbishop of Wales

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

An absolute joy to welcome Archbishop Cherry to Open Tablethis evening for our 1st ever confirmation service! It was so lovely to see the church full of our OT community and our candidates friends and family! @churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social

Archbishop Cherry and our three confirmation candidates.

Confirmation cake. Made by Jules. Beautiful decoration of fish, frogs and bees.

Liz, Rhys and Grace. Liz & Thys always put on a great spread of tasty treats. Grace was in dish duty

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

HOUSE!!! We had a great time at our bingo September social. Lots of fun and it was lovely to welcome members of other churches in East Cardiff Ministry Area Thank you Pat for loaning us St Dyfrig’s bingo machine and being such a fab bingo caller! @churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s our September social this Sunday! Join us for bingo!!! All our OTEC socials are alcohol free so everybody can join in the fun! #CardiffStudents #Freshers #cardiff

BINGO
NIGHT
Join us for an
evening of fun and
excitement at our
Bingo Night!
Non-cash prize bingo for under 18's
7 SEPT 2025 | 6PM
ALL SAINTS CYNCOED

EASTCARDIFF. CHURCH/OPENTABLE

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

THE CHURCH IN WALES has elected its first female archbishop - Bishop of Monmouth Cherry Vann, a Patron of the Open Table Network since 2020. When she became a bishop in 2020, she was the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and has a civil partner. READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725

Archbishop Cherry Vann after her election on 30th July 2025. PHOTO: Church in Wales.

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

GOING TO GREENBELT? The app for the annual celebration of art, activism & belief is out now. You can find us at The Table on Sunday 24th August 8-9pm hosting a reflective review of the weekend with the non-binary country music trio Them There Cowboys. #HopeInTheMaking

Screenshot from Greenbelt app of our event 'Hope-making around an Open Table'.

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Reminder there’s no open table communion this week. Our next meet will be in September and we’ll be having a bingo social! All OTEC events are alcohol free & we do our best to include allergy friendly treats! facebook.com/events/s/sep... @churchinwales.bsky.social

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September Social: Bingo!

Event by Open Table East Cardiff and East Cardiff Ministry Area on Sunday, September 7 2025

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thank you Mthr Ruth for celebrating our 2nd birthday with us! Your sermon was wonderful! Thank you Rhys and Liz for the splendid cakes! As is now traditional there was obligatory Mthr Rose Buckaroo, today with party hats 😂 @churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

We’re 2 today! It’s been an amazing 2 years! As always communion is alcohol & gluten free. We’ll have alcohol free drinks & cakes after to celebrate (including allergy friendly)! @churchinwales.bsky.social @inclusivechurch.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social @scmbritain.bsky.social

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Trans Aid Cymru @transaid.cymru · 02/06/2025

Happy Pride everyone! Here's a reminder to get your grant applications in by the 14th to be considered for our next grants round.

Blue background with the non-binary flag as a border. Text reads “Funding available for trans non-binary & intersex people in Wales! Funds distributed on the first and fifteenth of every month.”

Blue background with the non-binary flag as a border. Text reads ”Nawdd ar gael i bobl draws, anneuaidd a rhyngryw yng Nghymru! Caiff yr arian ei rannu ar y 1af a'r 15fed o bob mis”

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

At OTEC we understand that there are many in the LGBTQIA+ community who prefer ‘dry’ events. We use alcohol free communion wine and all our socials are alcohol free! News of our August social soon! www.wearequeeraf.com/navigating-q...

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Navigating queer spaces sober amidst alcohol-fuelled festivities

Being queer does not have to revolve around partying or getting wasted. It doesn’t for me. Well, not anymore.

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SCM Press @scmpress.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

For Pride Month 2025, we are offering 10% off a selection of our books and edited collections relating to queer/LGTBQ+ theology/inclusion and gender and sexuality studies. EPUBs are included. The offer will last throughout June 2025. #PrideMonth #scmpress #queertheology

Four book titles, including trans formations, The Queer Bible Commentary, Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer, and Queering the Prophet.

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Thank you Bishop Cherry! Thank you Jules for a fabulous cake. Thanks to Rhys and Liz for fantastic hospitality. Thanks to Seren for reading! Pride month has begun!!! @opentablelgbt.bsky.social @churchinwales.bsky.social

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

FOR International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia #IDAHOBIT, the UN Free & Equal campaign has published this webpage: unfe.org/external-pages/community/index.html and short film: youtu.be/G6VOFbAsxxM [1.5mins] on the theme #PowerOfCommunity

Screenshot from the UN Free&Equal webpage

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

We can’t wait to welcome you to our Pride service the first Sunday in June! Bishop Cherry will be joining us and we want to give the service a party feel! Do you have a favourite hit from a stage or film musical that you find resonates with your faith? We would love your suggestions!

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

We stand with you. We love you. We affirm you. To all our trans/non binary/gender fluid siblings please know you are loved beyond measure.

The trans flag.

Stripes:
Blue
Pink
White
Pink
Blue

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Our next Open Table is a cafe church communion for Lent. Sunday April 6th, 6pm, All Saints Cyncoed.

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Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Still time to book for this Saturday’s conference - online or onsite in London #DisabilityStudies #ReligiousStudies

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Thank you to @scholarpriest.bsky.social for celebrating and preaching for us this evening followed by St David’s day fun! No open table is complete without a game of buckaroo! Tonight how many flags could our community fit in Mthr Rose’s head scarfe 😂 😂 @churchinwales.bsky.social

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

@churchinwales.bsky.social is holding consultations throughout Wales on the future of equal marriage. There will be a meeting in All Saint’s Cyncoed on 12th May, 7.30pm. It would be great to see a good turn out from our community.

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Discerning the future of same-sex blessings in the Church in Wales - Church in Wales

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We are looking forward to welcoming @scholarpriest.bsky.social from @stgermancardiff.bsky.social this Sunday. 6pm, All Saints Cyncoed.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 03/02/2025

🌈 Day 3 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Marsha P. Johnson, a Black transgender activist and fearless leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. A key figure in Stonewall and co-founder of STAR, she dedicated her life to supporting homeless trans youth. Her legacy still inspires today.

Marsha P. Johnson. Wearing a black dress, white pearls and a small clutch bag with clear framed glasses and flowers in their hair. Photo is in black and white.

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Lovely to welcome friends from Pembroke as they explore setting up an @opentablelgbt.bsky.social in West Wales. @churchinwales.bsky.social

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 02/02/2025

🌈 Next in our LGBTQ+ History Month series, we honour Stormé DeLarverie, a Black lesbian activist and drag king who played a key role in the Stonewall uprising. A fierce protector of the LGBTQ+ community, she spent her life fighting for equality, helping spark the modern movement for queer rights.

Photo of Storme DeLarverie

🌈 Next in our LGBTQ+ History Month series, we honour Stormé DeLarverie, a Black lesbian activist and drag king who played a key role in the Stonewall uprising. A fierce protector of the LGBTQ+ community, she spent her life fighting for equality, helping spark the modern movement for queer rights.

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Gorgeous candle lit communion this evening. We look forward to our next service on March 2nd when we’ll be welcoming @scholarpriest.bsky.social

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 01/02/2025

🌈 It’s LGBTQ+ History Month! 🌈 This month, we celebrate the incredible LGBTQ+ individuals who have shaped history, fought for equality, and inspired generations. Stay tuned as we highlight their stories, resilience, and achievements. #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 01/02/2025

🌈 First up in our LGBTQ+ History Month series, we honour Ivor Cummings, a Black British civil servant who helped welcome the Windrush Generation. A gay man in 20th century Britain, he navigated adversity with resilience, leaving a lasting mark on both Black British and LGBTQ+ history.

Photo of Ivor Cummings.

🌈 First up in our LGBTQ+ History Month series, we honour Ivor Cummings—a Black British civil servant who helped welcome the Windrush Generation. A gay man in 20th-century Britain, he navigated adversity with resilience, leaving a lasting mark on both Black British and LGBTQ+ history. #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

IT'S THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY marking 1,700 years of the Nicene Creed, which begins ‘We believe in one God…’ OTN Trustee Neil Rees reflects on how we define ourselves by what we believe: bit.ly/OTNwpcu25 #DoYouBelieveThis #ChristianUnity

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

'THERE IS a church that needs you. There is a community of believers somewhere that make up a beautiful jigsaw but they’re missing a piece. There’s a little space that is you-shaped, that only you will fill.' Our most read blogger is back with a reflection on the excitement of new beginnings.

A colourful abstract painting by Wendy's wife Jo. Wendy says: ‘Looking at this image I am reminded how something beautiful can happen when diverse poeple come together in a church community.’

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

OUT NOW: Our latest enews includes a prayer request for #LGBThistorymonth, the winner of our Advent #PlaceToBelong campaign, a blog on new beginnings, a visit from the URC Moderator, and our move to #Bluesky! READ MORE: bit.ly/OTNenews160125 #ComeAsYouAre #MoreThanWelcome #FaithfullyLGBT

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Open Table East Cardiff @opentableec.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Board game night in All Saints Church Cyncoed! Every 3rd Thursday 7.30-9.30pm! FREE!!! (Small charge for self service refreshments. )

Board game night in All Saints Church Cyncoed! Every 3rd Thursday 7.30-9.30pm!

Blue flyer with colourful game pieces.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

You can buy The Vanishing Song wherever you most prefer to buy your books - just ask your local bookshop to order it in for you, or you can get it online - you could even get it directly from the publisher (who ship internationally): canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...

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The Vanishing Song by Jay Hulme - Paperback / softback - 9781786225252

Buy The Vanishing Song by Jay Hulme Paperback / softback from Canterbury Press - ISBN: 9781786225252

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